Previewing the week ahead in financial markets. TL;DR version is NVDA earnings vs. Powell

<p>A couple of previews posted on ForexLive over the weekend of what's ahead:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/weekly-market-outlook-21-25-august-20230820/" target="_self">Weekly Market Outlook (21-25 August)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/newsquawk-week-ahead-jackson-hole-pboc-lpr-flash-pmis-cbrt-japans-tokyo-cpi-20230819/" target="_self">Newsquawk week ahead: Jackson Hole, PBoC LPR, Flash PMIs, CBRT, Japan's Tokyo CPI</a></li></ul><p>The two big events are, and I'm struggling to rank them by importance, so let me just do them chronologically:</p><ul><li>Nvidia earnings are due on Wednesday August 23 after the close of regular trading hours in the US, that is after 4pm US Eastern time. . analysts are expecting earnings to jump over 300% year over year … a very high bar to clear for surprises</li></ul><p>and then:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/note-for-diary-preview-powell-to-speak-at-10-am-et-on-friday-august-25-jackson-hole-20230817/" target="_blank" rel="follow" data-article-link="true">Note for diary &amp; preview – Powell to speak at 10 am ET on Friday August 25 – Jackson Hole</a></li></ul><p>Nvidia will rock the after-hours S&amp;P and Nasdaq. I doubt Powell will do the same. </p>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.